Top Tweets for #DoBetterAP
I asked @JuliePace to disclose her salary during an @AP town hall recently.
Her response was along the lines of ... well, I don't ask you for yours.
Our @APNewsGuild contract sets our salary minimums publicly, and we're pretty loud about how little we're paid. #DoBetterAP
.@AP’s so #cheAP …
the company promises transparency but won’t disclose the salaries of CEO Daisy Veerasingham and Executive Editor @JuliePace.
The median asking rent for the top 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas has swelled nearly 25% over the past four years.
But @AP's only offering us 2% wage increases.
We report on these rent increases, yet struggle to pay our own. #DoBetterAP #WageWednesday
New profile photo in solidarity with my @APNewsGuild colleagues who are fighting for #AFairAPContract. There’s no better people in journalism, so #DoBetterAP!
.@AP is closing bureaus across the globe to cut costs.
We've lost newsrooms in the U.S. and our members are forced to work from their kitchen tables + bedrooms. Many of our homes have low-speed internet or no space for a desk.
#cheAP won't even pay for our WiFi. #DoBetterAP
.@AP wants us to work in our bureaus at least 2x a week, plus a full week in-office once a quarter.
... but the company also wants to stop paying for most of our parking.
Make it make sense. #DoBetterAP
.@AP wants to cut our ~already small~ night/weekend differential.
It's a tiny amount that rewards our staffers -- many of whom are sports reporters + photographers -- for working the worst hours.
#DoBetterAP
Don’t let our 😃😃 in our T-shirt Tuesday pictures fool you. We’re 😠😠 because @AP won't give us a #fairAPcontract. #DoBetterAP
@borenbears @APNewsGuild @AP Sorry we couldn't join you @borenbears and the rest of the @AP family in D.C. But we have a looming gov't shutdown and other matters to cover at the Capitol today. We're with you though because a 2% raise just isn't right. #fairAPContract!
Our journalists are experts in our beats and in breaking news. More than 50% of us have 20+ years of experience.
But we can't keep @AP competitive if our top scale caps out at $75K. #DoBetterAP
Even on the beach in pre-Labor Day vacation, I'm showing my #APNewsGuild colors by wearing my Guild t-shirt (I've got another one on today now that I'm back at desk). @AP claims that it values its journalists, its contract offer shows the opposite. #DoBetterAP
Our @AP current salary minimum is $47,889. The company proposes *raising* it to $53,990.
Yet ...
- @DallasNewsGuild's salary floor: $55K
- @NYTimesGuild: $65K
- @SFCGuild: $73K
Once again, you can't spell #cheAP without AP. But this takes it too far. #DoBetterAP
Just some of the words our members have used to describe @AP's 2% contract raise proposal:
Insulting
Demeaning
Disrespectful
+ all the 🤬🤬🤬 words
#DoBetterAP
The minimum salary for this "earlier-career reporter" is the about same as what many @AP journalists with decades of experience make.
That's because our pay scale tops out at 6 years.
It's among the reasons @APNewsGuild is fighting for a #FairAPcontract.
#DoBetterAP
Really fantastic opportunity for an earlier-career reporter covering housing, homelessness and the drug overdose epidemic in San Francisco!
💰75k-90k
https://t.co/jrHwKR65RZ
Part of a FAIR CONTRACT means…
- Vacation time
- Job security assurances
- A reasonable social media policy
- Livable wages
At @AP, we are still fighting for these basic working conditions and more. #DoBetterAP
Our @AP current salary minimum is $47,889. The company proposes *raising* it to $53,990.
Yet ...
- @DallasNewsGuild's salary floor: $55K
- @NYTimesGuild: $65K
- @SFCGuild: $73K
Once again, you can't spell #cheAP without AP. But this takes it too far. #DoBetterAP
Many @AP staffers cannot afford to pay for childcare!
We're negotiating for a #fairAPcontract because we deserve better. #DoBetterAP
.@AP's own reporting shows that, in July, overall consumer prices rose 3.2% from a year earlier. Yet their proposal offers only a 2% increase for Guild members YoY. There's no simpler way to say it: We cannot afford to work here. #DoBetterAP
https://t.co/feefqljJce
You get what you pay for. How does #cheAP hope to get gold standard journalism at aluminum can wages? You can't spell the word cheap without the #AP and you can't have an outstanding wire service without fairly compensated @APNewsGuild members. #DoBetterAP.
.@AP gave us their wage proposal yesterday, and it's downright insulting.
Amid record inflation + an economy teetering on the edge of a recession, the company offered us 2% raises.
And then tried to sell it as a great deal.
There's #cheAP, and then there's this. #DoBetterAP
.@AP gave us their wage proposal yesterday, and it's downright insulting.
Amid record inflation + an economy teetering on the edge of a recession, the company offered us 2% raises.
And then tried to sell it as a great deal.
There's #cheAP, and then there's this. #DoBetterAP
We at AP News Guild send our congrats to @SFCGuild on their new contract! #UnionStrong
This is a good reminder on #WageWednesday that @AP's minimum salary is $46K - that's too low.
#DoBetterAP
Some highlights from the agreement include:
- Minimum salary of $73k, believed to be the highest minimum of any major unionized newsroom in the U.S.
- Guaranteed minimum 2% raise each year.
- Increased time off, expansion of paid parental leave to 8 weeks for CA-based employees.
Standing in solidarity with @APNewsGuild as we push for a #fairAPcontract. Our wages are stagnant but our living costs are not. #dobetterAP #TshirtTuesday #cheAP
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